13 ms·
> I don't see how is this any different from any other signal that Google uses to prioritize sites. «Oh, they're screwing up before, too? Then I guess it's alri
by julioademar 12y ago
> I don't see how is this any different from any other signal that Google uses to prioritize sites.
«Oh, they're screwing up before, too? Then I guess it's alright»
> How does it prevent decentralization?
Because only a handful of companies can issue certificates.
- icebraining 12y ago«Oh, they're screwing up before, too? Then I guess it's alright» How is it screwing up? How are they supposed to run a search engine without prioritizing? "Here's 30000 results, we've randomly sorted them for you"? Because only a handful of companies can issue certificates. Fair enough.
- julioademar 12y agoApologies, I haven't made myself clear with that idiotic of a snarky remark :) What I meant is that their actions in the past shouldn't be an excuse to their actions today. The principles behind PageRank are based on unbiased reputation, and provide for a good ranking system (spammers aside). Whatever's thrown on top needs to be carefully considered not to enforce biases towards any group in particular.
- jack-r-abbit 12y ago> How are they supposed to run a search engine without prioritizing? Maybe quality of content? If the best info gets buried because they can't afford a cert or don't have a need for one then this hurts the Internet.